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The ovef-all design of the kit is superb. As can be judged from the photo of the components, it is not a quickie kitabout four to five average evenings are neul products1 required for assembly. Yet the end product of the purchaser's efforts is so good- »116036•tti-7-£*•i••lilreally satisfied with his work on a genur 4/ 11 - 11 built and tested •oi•kc•t •op•g•iferao•mogd•kno•h;•ei•i; bu mR's Staff inely craft-type kit. 11,11 --=:==Zi====-1--_-j--em•=»-_•_7 ---1 Aside from the thoroughness with which La Belle "thought out" the kit and provided ready-milled components (in numbers we've never seen in any other kit), the coach has one outstanding fea- La Belle HO coach hits new high Ze•'%,te•nirt.ty'it•Tel•:: with genuine clerestory windows. This in kit construction and realism alone can add immeasurably to the realIt is not often that a new company comes along with a kit that obsoletes similar kits that preceded it, but that is precisely what La Belle Woodworking, Box 22, Oconomowoc, Wis., has done with its wood-sheathed HO coach. It is, in the opinion of MR's Trade Topics editors, the finest passenger car kit ever marketed. That, obviously, is saying a lot, but a look at the kit and the completed car will convince even the hardiest skeptic that here indeed is a new concept in realism that heretofore has been ignored by most nnanufacturers. ism of a standard passenger car, yet La Belle has not been satisfied to produce just this feature and place an ordinary car body beneath it. The car from top to bottom is "delicate looking"; that is, the thickness of components has been kept to a reasonable minimum and at no point does the car appear to be "overbuilt" when compared to its prototype. Incidentally, the prototype was built in 1905 for the Southern Pacific. Body length over the seating area is 60 ft., over the vestibules 66 ft. Now let's examine the kit piece by . I l A - - - * , 036j piece. Most of the kit consists of excellent quality parts milled from high grade basswood and cut to size, except for the trim parts, which must be trimmed to length. The steps, brake cylinder, queen posts and smokejack are good quality soft metal castings. The turnbuckles are stamped brass, truss rods are wire and the gaslight vents are roundhead brass nails. Hand grabs are pre-formed wire. Construction begins with the sides, 1 --- - ,- - ...,-- "--r·-- r·-·-- .-r---- -- -"* ..## r""-* r ' 11"•- T""... r-...... -*ZS'' f--1 I. -, == ' -•. ,,--'.1 1. I-1 T' 1•, lit'Irl'lli.-3•--7,••r.' 1-1 J - -/1- 1 - 1 -.J 1-1 .... ...... - i 11 -1127' 1, ..i iA '..A, h, 11 1 I r '= -- -.' rr#J---7-T11 '1 '' ..r" •j January 1960 ... ..•#I -, U I 'Fl ---042r 1=1* 1 ..........¥•0' ...-. - - 1, ..... '..... -. ''i-'•' :•-!-1 •r' 1 -1 '-1-i •r.- . 1- , 4.-036, = -2 -, , .1.4.r; - ... Fl which have the window sashes cut, belt rail milled and the letter board cemented on. To this sheet, the scribed siding and window dividing boards are cemented. The small upper windows are set out slightly from the sides and the spacing material is notched to fit. The window openings are clean-cut but some corners have excess glue in them from cementing the sub-assemblies at the factory. The openings are easily cleaned with· a small file and a modeling knife. The methods used to construct this car are very similar to those used by W. Gibson Kennedy in building his Canadian Pacific train in the June '59 MR. The doors are made in left- and right- hand units with the larger edge towards the car centen Quarter-round material fits over this large edge, with the ends butting against the outside edge. Be extremely careful while fitting the doors, always checking the side length against the precut floor. The ends are built up much like the sides and cemented to an end fascia strip Top: La Belle HO coach Lower: La Belle coach components 13